Pleasant surprise party honors Roy Armstrong on eighteenth birthday
Roy Armstrong arrives home from practice to find twenty friends gathered on the Jefferson street lawn. They present him with a silver military pot a sofa pillow and a postal card shower while his parents award a princess dresser. The scene features lanterns sweet peas ferns and a birthday cake served picnic style with thanks to hosts Mr and Mrs Lew Armstrong and Mr and Mrs Charles Isenhower.
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Roy Armstrong
Jefferson Street
Lew Armstrong
Roy
Charles Isenhower
Trefa Urges Iowans to Patronize State Institutions
The speaker Trefa from Chicago addressed Cedar Rapids residents at a Chautauqua event urging Iowa people to support Iowa enterprises and patronize local institutions rather than sending money to Chicago for the benefit of distant concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Trefa
Live Wire
Chautauqua
Chicago
Iowa
Iowa Merchants and Makers Deserve Statewide Support
A writer urges Iowa residents to favor local merchants and manufacturers over Chicago and New York, arguing Iowa goods are equal in quality and often cheaper. He cites examples of saving money by buying Iowa products and warns that neglect hurts Iowa towns, government, and population growth.
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Iowa
Chicago
New York
Towa
Towa Industries
City Hall Went Dry This Morning
City Hall went dry this morning amid reports of confiscated liquor and a depleted war goods vault. Bottles of various sizes were seized and discarded, drawing reactions from prisoners in the jail and noting a greater six month total than the previous period. Plymou th Congregational held communion with new members during the morning service. No evening service. Try a Courier want ad.
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Plymonth
Wno
Anxious to Make Hay Turmoil Lands Man in Jail
William Lyons begged to hasten to the farm to hay but was jailed after resisting authority. He arrived to repair a hay loader, drank, and spent the night on Sycamore Street. He was fined $35 or ten days. Ten days for Ed Kelley for delaying departure. Perry McIntosh pleaded guilty to drunk charge, aged 63, fined $7.85. Hugh Quigley pled guilty to drunk and disorderly, claimed grandfather status and was discharged. The wages were set at ten days of street work.
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William Lyons
William
Sycamore Street
Hay
Ed. Kelley
Scranton
Po Vee
Perry McIntosh
la Porte
Hugh Quigley
M B A Lodges Plan Picnic and Park Supper
The Waterloo and Cedar Falls M B A lodges and families will hold a picnic and supper at Electric park on July 4 with gathering at 3 p m. No meetings will be held at the Waterloo mission on Monday and Tuesday evenings July 3 and 4.
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The
Oriental Club
H. C. Steinmayer
Third Avenue West
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Electric Park
Waterloo Mission
Pursuit of Paroled Gunman Sparks Running Battle
James Geer, a paroled convict, shot four men and fled as a posse closed in near Louisville. Deputy J W Cogswell, J M Tanner, Rex McCullum, and Dr Arthur Steely were wounded but not fatally. Geer threatened Mayden and Florence Scott and is believed headed south with posse forces in pursuit.
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Louisville
James Geer
Geer
Depuy
J. W. Cogswell
J. M. Tanner
Rex McCullum
Arthur Steely
Tanner
Misa Florence Scott
Arthur Mayden
Mayden
Posea
Cogswell
MacCallum
Dr. Steely
Ella Brown
Union members order phones out
A list of 750 phones slated for removal was turned in to the Corn Belt Telephone Co by striking electrical workers. The union plans to press for immediate removal and has circulated petitions. more signatures are expected, with some nonunion names included.
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Lst
Corn Belt Telephone Company
Electrical Workers’ Union
Extending the Boulevard Lights Progress in City
Work on boulevard lights continues on Sycamore Street from Fourth to Fifth and Lafayete Street from Park Avenue to Fifth. Business men push for lights on Fifth Street from Sycamore to Water. City will maintain lights as each block is completed.
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Sycamore Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Lafayete Street
Park Avenue
Fifth Street
Bodwell Becomes First Licensed Hunter in Black Hawk County
Only seven people in Black Hawk county could hunt today as licenses expired at midnight and seven permits were issued for 1912. R C Bodwell of Waterloo secured the first license, dated July 1, while 2,880 licenses were issued countywide with the revenue contributing about a quarter of a million dollars statewide.
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Black Haw
R C. Bodwell
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Towas
Tragedy and Traffic Incidents In Local News
Seven year old Frankie Rice died yesterday morning from diphtheria and was buried at Hillcrest. Friends extend sympathy to the Mulberry street family. Earlier, an auto collision on Fifth Street injured a bicyclist whose bike was crushed. the boy sustained no injuries. TRY A COURIER WANT AD.
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Frankie Rice
Mulberry Street
Hillcrest
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Waterloo Conservatory of Music
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Georgiella Jay
Jennie Anderson
Conservatory
Lucile Geismar
Elizabeth
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Evangeline Powers
Carolyn Johnson
Marie Beam
Ethel Brown
Frank Sproul
Mildred Held
Marjorie Taylor
Hope Foote
Margery Taylor
Hurlburt Che
First Presbyterian Church
GC. F Green
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P. J. Griffin
Robert C. Weetenberg
C. F. Green
W. B. Fox
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India Goodman
D. D. Myers
Dubuque
Fred Place
Myers
Pierce Arrow Machine
T. W. Place
Meredith
Helen Place
Sioux City
Anna F. Cox
Louise Cox
George
Daughters OF Isabella
K. C. Hall
Friends
Adell Lichty
Seventh Street West
Walter Sherwood Mars
Ethel Lyle
Lawrence Newton Wylder
E. Crombie Smith
Linwood Boulevard Methodist Church
Llee
West Fifty-seventh Street Terrace
Country Club District
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King's Heralds of the Grace
Lafayette Park
H. Cheever
C. A. Ferguson
Fort Dodge
A. O. U. W. Hall
W. E. Duncombe
West
Lois Storm
E. E. Truby
Cottage Street
J. W. Best
Matilda Burke
Vera Ruby
Anna Russell
L. Halliday
Chautauqua Park
W. H. Bickley
Reher Avenue
David H. McKee
Davenport
Miriam Davidson
Bertha Welch
Miss Davidson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Leavitt
Miss Welch
Milwaukee Downer
Helen Sedgwick
Medford
Ore
J. W. van Duyn
San Diego
Cal
George van Duyn
Vinton
van Duyn
Benton County
California
Mr. van Duyn
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Dyaul Davis
Bargain Square
City Hall
Waterloo Streets
Kentucky
First National Bank
James Fitzgerald
Des Moines
Iowa Electrical Workers, Union
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R. C. Bodwell
Hunter
Water Street
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Canada
James Gardiner Co
M. E. Hutson
Mgr. Insurance Hept
West Fifth and
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